Ivan Gel | |
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Іван Гель | |
| Deputy Chairman of theLviv Oblast Council | |
| In office 1990–1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1937-07-17)July 17, 1937 Klitsko, todayLviv oblast |
| Died | 16 March 2011(2011-03-16) (aged 73) |
| Known for | human rights activism with participation in theUkrainian Helsinki Group |
| Awards |  Member of the Order of Liberty |
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Ivan Andriiovych Gel (Ukrainian:Іван Андрійович Гель, July 17, 1937, Klitsko (todayLviv Raion) – March 16, 2011)[1] was a Ukrainian politician anddissident. He was a member of theUkrainian Helsinki Group and theUkrainian Christian Democratic Party.
He graduated from a night school in Sambir and worked as a mechanic at the Lviv Forklift Plant.
From 1956 to 1959 he served in the army. After demobilization, he entered the department of the History Faculty ofLviv State University.
On August 24, 1965, he was arrested and sentenced to 3 years in a strict regime camp for "anti-Soviet propaganda".
On January 12, 1972, he was arrested for the second time and sentenced to 10 years in a special regime camp and 5 years in exile, recognized as a particularly dangerous recidivist. He served his sentence in Mordovia (Sosnovka) and in the Perm region (Kuchino).
He participated in hunger strikes in the camps, including a hunger strike demanding political prisoner status. Total duration of hunger strikes was over 300 days.
Ivan Gel returned to Ukraine on January 17, 1987, and created and headed the Committee for the Protection of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church.[citation needed]
He was a deputy and deputy chairman of theLviv Oblast Council of the first democratic convocation (1990–1994). He headed the Lviv Regional Commission for the Restoration of the Rights of Rehabilitated Persons.[citation needed]
He died on March 16, 2011, in Lviv and was buried in the family grave atLychakiv Cemetery.
Member of the Order of Liberty (September 18, 2009).[2]| International | |
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